Vagif Mustafazadeh

In 2012, a music album devoted to Vagif Mustafazadeh, an eminent representative of the Azerbaijani music, who had synthesized Jazz and Mugham in a unique fashion and created a new lovely music, was published within a joint project by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Heydar Aliyev Centre. The album includes a book and a CD.

 

Comprised of the chapters “Sources”, “Life and Creative Work” and “Vagif’s Legacy”, the book talks of the short yet very meaningful life of Vagif Mustafazadeh, his bright and unique creative work, surrounding him people, teachers, friends on art, and relatives. The publication also includes the phases of creation, formation and development of the Jazz music in Azerbaijan. The book is full of photos with different moments of the musician’s life.

 

17 works by the musician have been included in the CD.